Posted by Mrs. D'Elia | Posted in Adventure Stories, Graphic Novels, Nonfiction | Posted on 14-01-2010
Adventures in Cartooning by James Sturm, Andrew Arnold, and Alexis Frederick-Frost
We just had the wonderful illustrator and new author, Anne Sibley O’Brien visit our school. She is the illustrator of many books including the Jamaica books and the author of the awesome graphic novel, Hong Kil Dong: The Robin Hood of Korea. She spent lots of time teaching us how to turn narrative writing into comics. Right before she left, she recommended this book, Adventures in Cartooning, as another way to learn how to draw comics.
The great thing about this book is that it teaches you how to draw comics and cartoons by weaving it into a story about a princess who can’t draw cartoons. Fabulous! As the jacket flap says, “Cartooning is what happens when you send your drawings on an adventure!”
Don’t miss this exciting story/comic/cartoon about a princess, a knight, his scared horse, a magic elf and a dragon. Great fun and you’ll be dying to start drawing your own comics!
This is a very good graphic novel. If you are going to be an artist this the right book for you.